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He shall glorify Me; for He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it
unto you'.
Now notice one or two important features of this passage.
(1)
There is a contrast here with your passage of John 14. In John
14, the subject of inspiration is a question of bringing to remembrance
things which Christ has said. In John 16 the same Spirit shews them
things which He hears, which suggests that there will be further
revelations than the four Gospels.
(2)
This is still more clearly taught by the words, `I have many
things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now'.
(3)
If we are to have `All truth' we must have this later witness,
which supplements and goes beyond the teaching of the four Gospels.
These words of Christ make some further revelation, such as is
contained in the epistles, a necessity. Do you not see that by limiting
yourself to the four Gospels you have not all the words of Christ that you
might have, and therefore cannot truly be satisfied?
A -- This passage in John 16 does certainly seem to speak of a
revelation subsequent to and equally inspired with the four Gospels, and I
must look into the matter afresh, lest a mistaken zeal for the supremacy of
Christ should rob me of that truth which after all He Himself says `shall
glorify Me'.